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Biotic factors- |
living organisms in the environment, such as plants and animals |
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Abiotic factors- |
nonliving physical features of the enviorment, such as water, soil, sunlight, land forms, and temperature |
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topography- |
surface features of a region, including hills, streams, valleys, lakes, bridges, tunnels, and roads |
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watershed |
landthat water flows acrossor through on its way to a river or other body of water |
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wetlands |
transition zone between dry land and boodies of water |
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tributaries |
streams and rivers that supply larger boodies of water |
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estuary |
an area where fresh water and salt water mix |
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bay |
an inlet that leads in to the sea |
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marsh |
a low, wet grassland into the sea |
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sediment |
particles that collecton the bottom of a waterway |
